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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2000
Shriram Bagrodia, Kingsport, TN (US);
Linda Gail Bernard, Kingsport, TN (US);
Gary Wayne Connell, Church Hill, TN (US);
John Walker Gilmer, Kingsport, TN (US);
Tie Lan, Lake Zurich, IL (US);
James Christopher Matayabas, Jr., Chandler, AZ (US);
Jeffrey Todd Owens, Kingsport, TN (US);
Vasiliki Psihogios, Palatine, IL (US);
Emerson Eston Sharpe, Jr., Kingsport, TN (US);
Sam Richard Turner, Kingsport, TN (US);
University of South Carolina Research Foundation, Columbia, SC (US);
Abstract
This invention is directed to a polymer-clay nanocomposite, products produced from the nanocomposite, and a process for preparing a polymer-clay nanocomposite. The polymer-clay nanocomposite comprises (a) a matrix polymer, (b) an amorphous oligomer, and (c) a layered clay material.